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Oxyropsis
Oxyropsis is a genus of fish in the family Loricariidae native to South America. These species are distinguished by the presence of a single row of enlarged odontodes along the trunk midline lying adjacent and immediately dorsal to, the lateral line canal. Species of this genus have a depressed head and have relatively large eyes placed ventrolaterally. This genus is most similar to Hypoptopoma in external appearance, which shares the head shape and eye placement. Oxyropsis...
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Oxyropsis wrightiana
speciesOxyropsis wrightiana
Oxyropsis acutirostris
speciesOxyropsis acutirostris
Oxyropsis carinata
speciesOxyropsis carinata
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90585.